How close are we to the Lord’s return

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.  All these are the beginning of birth pains.

"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and all nations will hate you because of me.  At that time, many turned away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.  Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of many will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. - Matthew 24: 6-13

Let us dissect this chapter for just a minute so we can pinpoint exactly where we are in the world and how close is Christ's return
Wars and rumors of wars

 If we look around, some wars are occurring in America today.

There is a war for the right to life
War on children's education
War on drugs/alcohol 
War on pornography 
War on race 
War on police 
War on crime.
War on culture
War on covid 

Just because there are some things not occurring in your state doesn't mean that they aren't happening in someone else's state.
Before we move on, let's talk about the fact that some wars are not always from a physical force; they are sometimes from a mental/emotional/ spiritual force.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. - Ephesians 6:12

World War 2 didn't start out with weapons, it started with one man by the name of Adolf Hitler, all he had to do to gain his army was convince them to support his plan for mass genocide. 
Yes, the holocaust was real; it happened; just because you weren't around in that time period doesn't mean that it didn't happen.

You don't need firearms or tanks to get people to do your bidding when you are able to manipulate other people's way of thinking and believing through indoctrination. 

Not everything we're hearing is true, but not everything we're hearing is a lie.

That's what's been going on with people who watch the news; when we spend hours watching the news, we end up making it our primary source of information instead of turning to the Word of God, and we start to believe everything that we hear.


No, I'm not judging you nor condemning you to hell for watching tv I watch tv myself. Look, television and little appropriate entertainment aren't bad every once in a while, but if, that is, all we do day in and day out is watch television; people fall into idol worship, and it’s not good to watch tv all the time. 

For some people, where all they do is watch tv, they end up losing their touch with reality. The same thing happens when we constantly have a phone or a tablet in our hand and become addicted to checking every notification every time we hear a ding.

Like I said I'm not trying to judge you nor condemn you to hell or anything because the Lord knows that I am just as bad.

The bible says whatever we yield our members to, it becomes our master. - Romans 6:16
moving on...

Nation shall rise against nation or ethnos in Greek which is where we get the word, ethnic ethnicity ethnic group, from.
Does racism, prejudice, and impaired judgment still exist today? 

Yes, you can see that you saw the Ahmud Arbery case. They had autmoticamcally assumed that the kid was a thief breaking and stealing from people's homes because he was black.

But you also see in the Kyle Rittenhouse case where a white 17-year-old kid defends himself, and the media goes on this rant about how he is a white supremacist and a specialized trained black-ops operative in the militia. Before they even get their facts right, they said he shot and killed two black men, and wounded another wrong the men that he defended himself against were white. 

How exactly is he a white supremacist? Now I saw where some got on tv and had repented and apologized,  for not getting their facts right, and honestly, I believe that God is proud of them for that, their friends might turn their backs on them, but  I believe that God will honor them for that. 

For the Lord said in 1st Samuel, "I don't judge by appearance I don't see as man sees, I see the heart. "

Read my lips; America is not a racist nation. 

There is racism in America, but the whole country of America isn't racist.

That is a flat-out lie.

Here is a wake-up call!

Not every cop is out to get you
Not all white people are racists
Not all black people commit crimes
Not all Muslims are part of a terrorist organization.
Not all men are sexists.
Not all women are extreme feminists

You say brother what do you mean extreme feminists
Listen if there is such anthing as toxic masculinity, there is such thing as toxic feminism.
You can't have one without the other.
All these are what we call stereotypes.

Here is the ugly truth
Believe this or not

Some people are out there in the world today, that only want chaos, and they do not care who gets hurt. They don't care about the passing of your loved one They want to cause destruction, vandalize and rob and loot stores. You have some people protesting without knowing what they are protesting for. They just do it to protest. 

Churches, it is important before we give donations to groups/organizations, we better be asking God and researching what these they believe in and what they represent. Yes, Church for some, is all about the money, money, they just want our money, money, they don't care if you and I are dancing or not. To some, it is all about the price tag.

You say, brother, you're being cruel, no I ain't either its called using wisdom. 
We, as the Church, will help people out financially, but we refuse to be taken advantage of.

Also, know that in the last days perilous times shall come.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Timothy 3:1-7

Church We got be praying for the spirit of discernment.

Famines in the land
Famines in the land can be a result from natural disasters such as floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, infestations such as locusts wild beasts, or they can be the cause of economic collapse because of the extreme rise of inflation.

Earthquakes are happening, and they are finding out that some that haven't been active in decades, maybe even a century, are awake.

Persecution of Christianity is occurring in America people have been fired from their jobs, teachers are being fired because they aren't using what some call the "right gender pronoun" or they have been fired for having prayer in school assemblies, and other after school programs. 

A few years back, a woman got put in prison for her beliefs on traditional marriage. As far an extreme level as being physically crucified or beheaded, I haven't heard anything at least not to my knowledge; however, there is worldwide persecution every day in other countries where many die for their faith in Jesus.

False prophets will arise, a lot of that going on.
The love of many will wax cold.

Church it's very important no matter what we see take place in the upcoming seasons is that we don't lose our will to forgive and our love to reach the lost.

Those are two important keys for revival
Look, I'm just as confused little bit mad, and frustrated with everything as you are. We knew these days were coming to Jesus warned us of these days

God is removing the veil, the things behind closed doors are being preached from the rooftops, and those in darkness are brought to light. 
If you are awake, you can see these things.

You say, brother, can these things be stopped permanently?
I tell you the exact same thing from what I have heard from other ministers, prayer and repentance can change things, but some things can only be delayed; as far as stopping them completely no!

All prophecy must be fulfilled before the second coming of Christ.
Lets cross reference Matthew 24 with Luke 21 


Then he said to them: "Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.  There will be great earthquakes, famines, pestilences in various places, fearful events, and great signs from heaven.

"But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.  And so you will bear testimony to me.  But make up your mind not to worry beforehand about how you will defend yourselves. For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. 

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. Everyone will hate you because of me. But not a hair of your head will perish.  Stand firm, and you will win life.

pestilences


For the past two years, we have dealt with covid. No, this virus isn't made up it is real. If you want to take precautions fine, however, my personal belief is to let it be our choice whether or not we want to take the shot.

I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything but covid is not the only cause of death in the world, there are other ways you can die. I'm not trying to scare anybody, but it's like everybody is stuck on covid. 

There are still people dying of cancer, in car crashes, from natural disasters, abortion, from natural causes, and just plain old age; it's just their appointed time to leave.

You will be delivered to kings and governors as a witness for His name's sake; there have many men and women God who have witnessed or have had the opportunity to witness to world leaders out of their won  free will in America. Were any  forced? Not sure.

You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death. That is happening around the world in different countries, this really hasn't hit America; will it hit America; if it does, I don't know when.

America is the most abundantly blessed Nation of God on planet Earth.

You will be hated by all for His namesake still going in the world today.
Plain and simple some people just don't like you because you are a Christian or you are not their version of what they think a Christian should be.

What we are going to do? We are going to put our faith and trust in Jesus, keep watch, and pray and until He comes

I’m not writing this to condemn anyone to hell. I’m writing just writing this to inform you about what’s occurring in the world, but most of all I want you to know that Jesus loves you.